When opened in 1903, this bridge connected 2 working class immigrant neighborhoods on each side, and now connects of the trendiest and gentrified areas of the city ...
NOTE: This walk involves about 4 miles of walking!
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![]() Lower East Side and its Jewish heritage
- Its evolution over time, similar to the East Village
- Essex Street Retail Market and pushcarts of the past
- Orchard Street - retail and Tenement Museum
- Kossar's Bialys (Grand St.) and Bialystok, Poland
- Pickle Guys - 49 Essex St.
- Blue Condominium - 105 Norfolk Street
- Northward expansion of Chinatown
- Jewish Daily Forward Building
- Loew’s Canal Street Theater
- The ‘Lowline’ under Essex and Delancy Streets
- Essex Street Retail Market and pushcarts of the past
Walk across bridge into Williamsburgh, Brooklyn
- History of the bridge as a followup to the Brooklyn Bridge
- Original configuration of mass transit
- Decay, proposed demolition, 1980s structural problems and renovations
Williamsburgh, Brooklyn
- Hasidic Jewish south side and the Satmars
- Landmarked Bank Buildings - Williamsburgh Savings and Dime, and the reasons for earlier ‘classical’ bank buildings
- Peter Luger’s steakhouse
- Domino Sugar Refinery redevelopment
- Essex Street Retail Market and pushcarts of the past
- East River State Park
- Gentrification of North Williamsburgh
Also worth mentioning ...
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NOTE: On this walk please bring a METROCARD, either an unlimited ride pass or with at least 1 fare since we MAY be using the bus for a short distance in Brooklyn. After the walk, visit one of the many nearby restaurants in North Williamsburg and return to Manhattan on the “L” train.
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